Understanding Mary’s Joys.

On the Morning of May 13, 1944, after Communion in Honor of the Immaculate Heart, the Blessed Virgin said to Maria Valtorta:

 

"I want you to understand my joys better. You will say the Franciscan [crown] rosary more willingly [Maria was a Third Order Franciscan.]”

 

The Annunciation: "In the first one, I was not happy because of my glory and joy, but because the time had come for man's redemption and God's forgiveness of man. 

 

The Visitation: "The second one made me happy not because of the praise offered me by my cousin, but because I had begun redemption by sanctifying the Baptist by taking my Jesus, your Redeemer, to him.

 

The Birth of Jesus: "The blessedness of the third one was not exclusively because I had become a mother, without pain or the staining of my virginity, or because of the grace of being able to kiss God, my Son, either. But because the Earth now had the Savior.

 

The Adoration of the Magi: "What made me happy the fourth time was that in the three Magi I saw all of those who, from everywhere in the world and in all periods of the earth, from that moment on, would come towards the Light, towards my Lord, and would proclaim Him to be their King and their Savior and God.

 

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple: "The joy of the fifth event did not come exclusively from my love as a Mother who ceases to suffer because her lost Son is found again. It would have been selfishness. But it was inexpressible joy to hear the 'Gospel' echoing forth for the first time and to understand that a few years in advance it was falling into some hearts and sprouting there into an eternal plant. I rejoiced over these people instructed in advance.

 

Jesus Appears to Mary after His Resurrection: "The sixth joy was an even greater love for you, redeemed creatures. The Risen One told me that the Heavens were open and already inhabited by the holy ones of the Lord who had been awaiting that hour for centuries and that in those Heavens the seats of all the saved were ready. And for me, your Mother, to know that your dwelling was ready was a joy of incalculable depth.

 

Mary’s Assumption and Coronation: "Finally, the seventh joy was not because of my glory. But because, having been made the Queen of the Heavens by the goodness of God, as the Queen I could concern myself with you, my beloved ones, and, chosen as I was to sit at the right hand of God, I could speak, pray, and obtain graces directly for you, with powerful entreaty.

 

"No joy was for me alone. Selfishness, even the most just and holy, destroys love. Every joy came to me through perfect love and was spurred towards an even more perfect love.

"I am now blessed. I could not be more so because I am surrounded by the Triune embrace of God. But I still use my blessedness out of love for you. Even here I apply the law: I love God with my whole self and my neighbor as myself.341 Myself, not because I am Mary, but because Mary found grace before the Lord and is loved by Him; she is thus a holy creature in Him and of Him, part of Him.

 

"Oh, my theology! It has only one key word: 'Love.' I am Queen of the Heavens because I have understood this theology as no other creature has.

 

"Love. You will be saved. Love. Love in words or in silence. Love in action or immobility. Love in fervor or in the suffering of aridity. Love in joy and in pain. Love in victory and in weakness. Love in temptation and in freedom from the Enemy. Always love.

 

"Let there be a point in you, the deepest one, which, in the midst of a whole wounded, stricken, agonizing being stupefied by pain, exhausted by the devil's assaults, nauseated by life events, and tossed about like a ship in a storm, is able to remain still and alive in love. A point in you which has this one mission – to love – and fulfills it for your mind, heart, and flesh. And let that point be your sanctuary. Let the altar be there with the lamp which is always lit, with flowers which are always fresh, and with praise which is always resounding.

 

"Whether you weep or laugh, hope or doubt, are exhausted or not, let the holiest part of your spirit, the one living in that point consecrated for worship of God, always be able to say:

 

Gloria tibi, Domine. Gloria! Laudamus Te! Benedicimus Te! Adoramus Te! Glorificamus Te! Quoniam Tu solus Sanctus, Tu solus Dominus, Tu solus Altissimus. Cum Angelis et Archangelis, cum Thronis et Dominationibus, cumque omni militia caelestis exercitus, himnum gloriae tuae canimus, sine fine dicentes: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus!

 

Glory to you, Lord. Glory! We praise you! Thank you! We adore you! We glorify you! Because You are the only Holy One, You are the only Lord, You alone are the Most High. With Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, with all the militia of the heavenly host, we sing the hymn of your glory, saying without end: Holy, Holy, Holy!

Glory to you, Lord. Glory! We praise you! Thank you! We adore you! We glorify you! Because You are the only Holy One, You are the only Lord, You alone are the Most High. With Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, with all the militia of the heavenly host, we sing the hymn of your glory, saying without end: Holy, Holy, Holy!

[Glory to you, Lord. Glory! We praise you! We Thank you! We adore you! We glorify you! Because You are the only Holy One, You are the only Lord, You alone are the Most High. With Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and Dominions, with all the militia of the heavenly host, we sing the hymn of your glory, saying without end: Holy, Holy, Holy!]

 

"Before the Elevation comes praise. Before the Consummation comes praise. Be able to say your Mass. Every victim is a priest. [Maria Valtorta was a victim soul.] But one is not a priest if one does not know how to celebrate Mass. In all its parts.

 

"Look at my Jesus. Before being elevated and consummated, He gave praise to the Father.343 And He already knew what awaited Him.

 

"O Maria, let your heart sing. Let it sing even if tears rain down from your eyes. [Maria was then suffering the abandonment of Gethsemane.] Let song cover your moan and the voices of Satan, who wants to convince you to mistrust yourself to keep you from following your mission, who wants to convince you that God does not hear you to keep you from praying, who wants to convince you that you are lost in order to destroy you.

 

"No. You are not. Persevere. A day or an hour of faithfulness at this moment is worth more than the ten years spent in physical pain and penance, but with peace in your heart and God perceptible at your side. Persevere. 'Whoever perseveres until the end will be saved.'344 My and your Jesus says so. And I tell you so. Suffer in peace. I will come soon."

Maria Valtorta, The Notebooks 1944, May 13 1944. Order her books Here. 

 

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